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Breaking News from Democracy Now: "Honduran Indigenous Leader Berta Cáceres Assassinated"

Submitted by JayRaye on Thu, 03/03/2016 - 2:23pm

WE NEVER FORGET:
Berta Cáceres, Environmental Justice Crusader of Honduras

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From Democracy Now

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/3/honduran_indigenous_leader_berta_ca...

Breaking: Honduran Indigenous Leader Berta Cáceres Assassinated,
Won Goldman Environmental Prize

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Spirit murder

Submitted by Robyn on Thu, 03/03/2016 - 2:02pm

photo demarkis-stamsberry-x750_zps83vorvty.jpgDeMarkis Stansberry was a 30-year-old black transgender man residing in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.

On Saturday, DeMarkis was fatally shot in the head by Nicholas Matthews, who just turned 24 on Monday.

Matthews was booked by sheriff's deputies for negligent homicide, illegal use of a weapon, and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Hellraisers Journal: IWW Issues Official Call to Action on Behalf of Charles Moyer & Bill Haywood

Submitted by JayRaye on Thu, 03/03/2016 - 12:57pm
There are no limits to which powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones

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Saturday March 3, 1906
From the Montana News: Official Call from Industrial Workers of the World

The February 28th edition of the official newspaper of the Socialist Party in Montana published the following appeal from the I. W. W. which calls for the working class men and women of America to rally to the defense of Charles Moyer and Bill Haywood:

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Official Call To Action
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Stirring Appeal Sent Out by Industrial Workers
as Result of Mine Owners' Conspiracy.
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Beginning at the Coeur d' Alene in 1897 a reign of lawless violence has been waged by the capitalist class in the western states, one phase of which was the unparalleled series of outrages perpetrated against the laborers of Colorado. Throughout this conspiracy there had been continuous attempts to crush the labor organizations of the miners by seeking to foist upon them the crimes committed by the capitalist conspirators themselves. Every one of these attempts has failed. In spite of suborned witnesses and terrorized and corrupt juries, every case has ended in complete acquittal. The failure of the conspirators' diabolical schemes has filled them with desperation.

The Veneer of Social Progressivism

Submitted by detroitmechworks on Thu, 03/03/2016 - 8:17am

Upon the wretched diseased beams that is the Democratic party lies a thin slice of social issues. These of course will crumble upon any major political weight placed upon them but that's not really why they are there.

The beautiful little veneer exists only to be used as a weapon against those who would dare criticize the structural and philosophical problems with the party. It is a tool for silencing the opposition with the cries of the "oppressed".

When the rain falls - Open Thread

Submitted by shaharazade on Thu, 03/03/2016 - 6:00am

When the rain falls every day in my region, it tends to make you reflective it tends to keep you indoors. The rain that's falling these dark days is not just water from the sky but a constant dampening of expectations. Basic human rights, wants and needs regardless of our tribe, race, gender or what ever divides us all is being played to and stirred by the current rulers of the world we find ourselves in.

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